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as may lawfully be determined by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation or its successors in interest, in their good faith discretion. Any approval of the Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot <br /> Project will not give Applicants any rights to use of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project structures, including Pueblo Reservoir, but will not alter any existing rights Applicants may have of <br /> any use of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project facilities. Applicants shall not operate the Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project in a manner that would interfere with the lawful operation <br /> of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Applicants will operate the Pilot Project in a manner consistent with the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District’s subcontract with the <br /> Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. <br />Applicants acknowledge that any Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project approval does not give Applicants any rights to ownership or use of any Fryingpan-Arkansas Project structure, <br /> or any rights of ownership or rights to purchase or receive allocation of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water, and does not alter any existing rights (including any right to renew existing <br /> contracts) Applicants may have. Applicants shall not use Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water for maintenance of return flows from irrigation use of any water rights utilized in this Pilot <br /> Project. <br />Applicants shall not operate the Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project in a manner that would interfere with the lawful operation of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Any water stored <br /> in Pueblo Reservoir as a part of this Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project shall be beneficially used within Southeastern’s district boundaries. <br />Use of Winter Water to meet return flow obligations from the fallowing of historically irrigated lands shall be consistent with the terms and conditions contained in the Winter Water <br /> Storage Program (“WWSP”) decreed in Case No. 84CW179 (Water Div. 2) and Southeastern’s contract for Winter Water storage in Pueblo Reservoir. Applicants Winter Water shall be delivered <br /> through the Catlin Canal during the period of March 15 through November 14 at the same time as deliveries of Winter Water Storage are made to other Catlin Canal shareholders. Applicants <br /> shall not operate exchanges under this Pilot Project during the Winter Water Storage Program storage season of November 15 through March 14. Nothing in any approval of this Pilot Project <br /> authorizes storage of Winter Water contrary to the requirements and limitations of the Decree in Case No. 84CW179 and the contract between the United States and Southeastern Colorado <br /> Water Conservancy District. <br />The portion of the water Applicants store in Pueblo Reservoir pursuant to this Pilot Project that is derived from water stored pursuant to the decree dated November 10, 1990 in Case <br /> No. 84CW179 (“Winter Water”) shall be stored in Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District’s excess capacity space in